Aged Standards - Electrical Equipment in Mines and Quarries (EL-023) Standards Proposed for Reconfirmation

Overview

The publications listed at the below link have been reviewed by the relevant active technical committee (and other stakeholders where appropriate) and subsequently endorsed to be "reconfirmed" as they are valid, technically correct and reflective of current practice.

To support your review, we’ve made the full text of each standard available on our website for the duration of the consultation. This gives you full access to the documents and context needed to provide informed feedback.

By clicking on the designation of a standard in the list below, you’ll be taken to a new page in our webshop where you can view the full details of the standard. 

1. AS/NZS 1972:2006 Electric cables - Underground coal mines - Other than reeling and trailing
2. AS/NZS 4641:2018 Electrical apparatus for detection of oxygen and other gases and vapours at toxic levels - General requirements and test methods
3. AS/NZS 60079.35.1:2011 Explosive atmospheres - Part 35.1: Caplights for use in mines susceptible to firedamp - General requirements - Construction and testing in relation to the risk of explosion
4. AS/NZS 60079.35.2:2012 Explosive atmospheres - Part 35.2: Caplights for use in mines susceptible to firedamp - Performance and other safety-related matters
5. SA/SNZ HB 119:2019 Mines and quarries electrical protection

Please provide feedback around these proposed reconfirmations in the form that follows. Thank you.